The township was established in 1910 as a company town for General Electric.

[4] The Park Dinor was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 1.9 square miles (4.8 km2), all of it land.

There were 1,626 housing units at an average density of 874.4 per square mile (337.6/km2).

23.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.